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Using the notion of 'pictures for the blind' as a stimulus, Nick Knight and digital artist Daniel Brown collaborated with synaesthete and sound designer Nick Ryan to interpret garments from Nicolas Ghesquiere's Spring/Summer 2006 Balenciaga collection through sound. The garments are described through both Knight's visuals, and of sound interactives

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synaesthesiaor U.S.synesthesia (,sɪniːsˈθiːzɪə), noun1 Physiol. a sensation experienced in a part of the body other than the part stimulated. 2 Psychol. the subjective sensation of a sense other than the one being stimulated. For example, a sound may evoke a sensation of colour.From New Latin, from SYN- + -esthesia, from Greek aisthēsis, sensation

During the shoot of a 'Balenciaga special' by Nick Knight for Pop magazine in November 2005, digital artist Daniel Brown was invited on set to respond to Nicolas Ghesquiere's Spring/Summer 2006 collection. Inspired by the delicately layered, translucent garments, Brown proposed a series of interactives based on unpublished images from Knight's story. Using the notion of 'pictures for the blind' as a stimulus, a collaboration with synaesthete and sound designer Nick Ryan ensued, aiming to interpret the source garments and images through sound.

Over spring 2006, SHOWstudio embarked on a series of of projects devoted to exploring 'The Sound of Clothes'. Continuing our commitment to re-thinking mainstream fashion editorial, we believe fashion audio to be a genuinely new frontier, ripe for exploration through interactives and fashion films.